Requirements for the Guitar Option

Students in the Guitar option must complete the following:

Applied Study
Elementary/Intermediate (complete 12 credits):12
Elementary/Intermediate Guitar
Advanced (complete 14 credits):14
Advanced Guitar
Senior Recital2
Senior Recital
Advanced Music Theory4
Musica Practica 4
and Musica Practica: Aural Skills 4
Keyboard Skills4
All students must pass Mus Perf 104 keyboard proficiency. Extra credits earned in reaching proficiency will count as music electives.
Elementary Class Piano
Intermediate Class Piano
Large Performance Ensemble (complete 4 credits from the list below):4
Wind Ensemble
Concert Band
Varsity Band
University Band
Concert Choir
Treble Choir
Choral Union
Masters' Singers
Chorale
Madrigal Singers
University Chorus
All-University String Orchestra
University Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble (complete 8 credits):8
Ensemble-Guitar
Pedagogy (complete 2 credits):2
Pedagogy
Repertoire (complete 2 credits):2
Repertoire
Foreign Language8
Complete two units of Spanish
Electives9
Elective credit is earned from courses on the list of electives approved for all options of the Bachelor of Music: Performance program. This list is published in the Requirements section for the program.
Total Credits69

Sample Four-Year Plan

This Sample Four-Year Plan is a tool to assist students and their advisor(s). Students should use it—along with their DARS report, the Degree Planner, and Course Search & Enroll tools—to make their own four-year plan based on their placement scores, credit for transferred courses and approved examinations, and individual interests. As students become involved in athletics, honors, research, student organizations, study abroad, volunteer experiences, and/or work, they might adjust the order of their courses to accommodate these experiences. Students will likely revise their own four-year plan several times during college.

First Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
MUS PERF 2402MUS PERF 2402
MUSIC 1213MUSIC 1223
MUSIC 1711MUSIC 1721
MUS PERF 1032MUS PERF 1042
MUSIC 2701MUSIC 2701
Spanish Language Course4Quantitative Reasoning A 3
Communication A3Spanish Language Course4
 16 16
Second Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
MUS PERF 2404MUS PERF 2404
MUSIC 2213MUSIC 2223
MUSIC 2711MUSIC 2721
MUSIC 2113MUSIC 2123
MUSIC 2701MUSIC 2701
Ethnic Studies 3Large Performance Ensemble 1
 15 13
Third Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
MUS PERF 4404MUS PERF 4404
Music History Elective3Music History Elective 3
MUSIC 2701MUSIC 2701
Large Performance Ensemble1MUSIC 2522
MUSIC 3402Music Electives3
Natural Science Breadth with Lab4Quantitative Reasoning B 3
 15 16
Fourth Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
MUS PERF 4404MUS PERF 4402
MUSIC 2701MUS PERF 4992
MUSIC 3462MUSIC 2701
Large Performance Ensemble1Large Performance Ensemble1
Music Electives3Global Music Cultures 3
Communication B 3Music Electives3
 Social Science Breadth 3
 14 15
Total Credits 120